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WILLIAM HARVEY CAUSEY

Sergeant · U.S. Army

September 6, 1943 – April 11, 1966

Service record

William Harvey Causey, of Gresham, South Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 11, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 97 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 6E · Line 97

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Service

Branch: U.S. Army
Rank: Sergeant (SGT)
Service: Regular
Occupation: Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
Unit (as recorded): 1 INF DIV
Born: September 6, 1943
Home of record: Gresham, South Carolina (Marion County)

Casualty

Date of death: April 11, 1966
Age: 22
Country: South Vietnam
Casualty type: Hostile
Category: Killed in Action
Circumstance: Small Arms Fire

Context · from the records

What was happening

46 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.

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Remembered on April 11

Elsewhere

Also on Panel 6E, Line 97

CLARENCE EDWARD BARNESSergeant · April 11, 1966
HOWARD CALVIN BLEVINSSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
RICHARD FRANCIS BUBALAPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
ANDREW J CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966

Same unit, same day

MARION FRANKLIN ACTONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 96
CARL DWAYNE BUCKLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 96
CLARENCE EDWARD BARNESSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 97
HOWARD CALVIN BLEVINSSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 97
ANDREW J CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 97
RALPH COLEMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 98
JOHN ALLEN DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 98
DONALD EUGENE DERMONT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 98
DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 98
PHILYAW FEEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 99
EUGENE GARRETT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 99
EDWARD LEE GEORGEPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 99
BOZY GERALDStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 99
DAVID A HAMMETTPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 100
CHARLES EDWARD HARVEYPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 100
NORMAN LEVERN HAWKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 100
ROBERT ALLEN JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 100
PHILIP ALFONSO JONESStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 101
EVERETT EUGENE LANGSTONPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 101
EDWIN HARRY LEVERINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 6E, Line 101
RICHARD JOSEPH MANLEYSergeant · Panel 6E, Line 101
EMMITT MAYS JRPrivate · Panel 6E, Line 101
RANDALL BOYD PRINZSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 102
CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · Panel 6E, Line 103

Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.